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###§@%\~:.                  ~~@#~~                  .:~\%@§###
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§§@%~.....              ~~@  LIFE  @~~              .....~%@§§
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###§@%\~:.                  ~~#@~~                  .:~\%@§###
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###§@%\~:. ~  ~ @ A MULTITUDE OF DEFINITIONS @ ~  ~ .:~\%@§###
§%\:...... ~   @   DOES   NOT   HELP.   WE   @    ~ ......:\%§
###§@%\~:. @     CAN     SAY     "LIFE     IS     @ .:~\%@§###
§@@\::.... ~    @   WHAT   WE   ARE,   AND   @    ~ ....::\@@§
§§%\\\~~:. ~  ~  @  WHAT  THINGS  LIKE  US  @  ~  ~ .:~~\\\%§§
#§@%~~.... ~   @    ARE",   BUT   THEN   WE   @   ~ ....~~%@§#
###§@%\~:. @    MUST    ALSO    DEFINE    WHAT    @ .:~\%@§###
§§§@@%\~:. ~  @  "THINGS  LIKE  US"  ACTUALLY  @  ~ .:~\%@@§§§
###§@%\~:. ~  ~  @  ENTAILS,  HOW  IT SHOULD @ ~  ~ .:~\%@§###
§@\~::.... ~  @   BE   MEASURED,   WHO   OR   @   ~ ....::~\@§
#§%\~~:... @    WHAT    IS     THE    ARBITER,    @ ...:~~\%§#
###§@%\~:. ~  @   AND   SO   INSTEAD  THERE   @   ~ .:~\%@§###
##@@@%\~:. ~   ~   @   IS   THIS    INTERNATIONALLY .:~\%@@@##
###§@%\~:. SANCTIONED      LIST     @      ~      ~ .:~\%@§###
###§@%\~:. ~ ~  ~  ~  @  OF  CRITERIA  @  ~  ~ ~  ~ .:~\%@§###
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#§§%%~:... - LIFE MUST PRODUCE OR CONSUME MILK      ...:~%%§§#
#@%%~~~~:. - LIFE MUST HAVE A BEGINNING AND AN END  .:~~~~%%@#
####§@%\~: - LIFE CAN HAVE DREAMS AND CAN INTERACT  :~\%@§####
#§%~...... - LIFE CAN STEAL                         ......~%§#
##§@@%\~:. - LIFE CAN BE CURSED                     .:~\%@@§##
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